Copy all the files to OpenVPN config folder. Normally you’ll find it in the following path: C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config.

For example for the “VPN + Smart DNS” plan you have to extract the “CactusVPN-OpenVPN-Config-VPN-Smart-DNS.zip” file into the “C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config folder”.

If you receive an error about privileges, then move zip archive to C:\ folder, extract and move back to C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config\ folder.

Go to the OpenVPN icon (1) from your desktop, right-click on it and select “Properties” (2).

Click on the “Advanced” button (3).

In the following dialog box check the “Run as administrator” checkbox (4) and click on “OK” (5).

From now on, OpenVPN Gui will always run as administrator if you use the shortcut to launch it. (You’ll be prompted by UAC if you have it enabled).

Now, in the system tray, you should see a symbol for OpenVPN. Right click on the symbol with the mouse, choose the server you want to connect and click “Connect”. You can select between two different protocols for OpenVPN: TCP and UDP. UDP is usually faster so we recommend to try it first.

To disconnect, just right click on the OpenVPN server you where connected and select Disconnect.